FTXN Short Volume
First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $114.9M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.10 to the broader market. The First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF is an exchange-traded fund. public since 2016-09-23.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 52.6K
- Total Volume
- 61.7K
- Short %
- 85.30%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 45.76%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF.
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Frequently asked FTXN short volume questions
- What is the daily FTXN short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) short volume is 52.6K shares against 61.7K total reported volume, or 85.30% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is FTXN short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does FTXN short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.